I mean the mushroom theme is constant. The people are mushrooms, including Toad. Mario eats mushrooms to make him shrink. And Toad's saying? "Wooooooooooah!". Something a drug junkie would say (no offense). And the weird jumping he does is definitely not normal, it's like pogo stick jumping without the pogo stick. :shock:

But on the other hand one must remember that mario is a japanese product. That being said i don't think it started with a drug referance or that wasn't their intentions. Personally i love the games, except sunshine...